I'm curious if anybody has a good powerpoint that shows how 3D design works. Nobody understands that drawings come from virtual "models" and that assemblies within my computer are real life examples of what will be produced. I'm hoping to find something so people can start to understand how I design so that procedures within the company can be changed to speed up design time.
Wayne, this is how it works in 2007:
That's the same as it is now. The bug that was there earlier was maybe 2004 or 2005 or so.
WT
Tim, another way is to make an E-drawing from a drawing that has several views including some details and section views. I say this because they can stop the E-drawing and see for themselves what constitutes a solid.
Steve
PowerPoint is 2D. Get out an old set of blocks or simply take some stuff off a desk and show people how this stuff is truly 3D in the real world.
To me, learning to think in terms of orthographics was much more difficult (before wide-spread use of 3D CAD), since orthographics are mere symbols of 3D objects. I've never understood why dealing with 3D CAD to represent a 3D world is difficult for people. Shouldn't it be much more simple?
Just tell them kids:
2D = Crayons ( Sketching, Drawing)
3D = PlayDo (Sculpting)
I think they understand the playdough....crayon thing.
What they do not understand is that when you have 100 different pieces of playdough creating a sculpture is that they must be carefully assembled and designed.
Tim
Ah! I see, a bit more elaborate then...
SolidProfessor has a brief Intro Video where they show how SW uses File References instead of creating copies and copies-of-copies; maybe Legos would've been a better analogy.
hi Adrian,
Im intrested in seeing that video, can you plz send me the link?
thx
M.Y.K
how i explain it is: PARTS ARE GOD!!!!
assemblies are just a repersentation of of PARTS together.
drawings are just a road map to how you need it made!
not all drawins come for 3D modelers, there are still people doing 2D and don't do them very well.
If you have the opportunity, try this. One of the best demonstrations of the fact that a drawing view is merely a view of the model, is to select a view and turn on 3D Drawing View. Then you can rotate the model right there. The fact that you can change it to shaded and rotate and zoom really brings home the point. After that it's easy to understand why a change in the model will show up in every drawing view that references that model.
Just as a side note, that ability was actually there a couple years before the 3D Drawing View function was public. I don't remember now how it was accessed, but it was one of those bugs that once you knew the key, you could open that door and impress your friends and neighbors. :-)
WT